“What though I am a man of firmness and vigour, fortune is mutable and either my enemies will do me or my friends.” So muses narrator Thomas Cromwell in Hilary Mantel’s thrilling new historical novel ...
The new season of “Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light” on Masterpiece premieres at 8 p.m. Sunday, March 23, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.1. It is also available to stream on the PBS app. It’s been ...
WHAT IT'S ABOUT In the spring of 1536, King Henry VIII's (Damian Lewis) second wife, Anne Boleyn, dies on the chopping block as he plans his nuptials with Jane Seymour (Kate Philips). Meanwhile, chief ...
When Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light premiered in the U.K. last year, it enjoyed a rapturous reception, with critics lauding it as “so beautifully made it’s breathtaking” and “a complete triumph.” ...
“Henry would not kill his own daughter,” chirps the ambassador Chapuys (Karim Kadjar) during the opening episode of “Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light.” It’s a judgment that causes Thomas Cromwell a ...
Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light premieres on Sunday, March 23. Based on the final novel in Hilary Mantel’s multi award-winning trilogy, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light premieres on MASTERPIECE ...
LONDON (AP) — Hilary Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning author who turned Tudor power politics into page-turning fiction in the acclaimed “Wolf Hall” trilogy of historical novels, has died, her ...
The final novel in Hilary Mantel’s great trilogy has been adapted for TV. Her editor joins us this week to discuss working with Mantel on the books. In the long-awaited sequel to “Wolf Hall,” Henry ...
Hilary Mantel has taken this year's Man Booker prize for her novel Bring Up the Bodies, making her the first Brit—and the first female author—to win two Bookers. The news is history-making in an award ...
The period piece, starring Mark Rylance as 16th-century royal fixer Thomas Cromwell, faced steep funding challenges amid ballooning production costs in the U.K. By Katie Kilkenny Labor & Media ...